Finland have participated 4 times at the UEFA Women's Championship: Their best achievement is reaching the UEFA Women's Championships semi final in (2005). [1] [2]
UEFA Women's Championship record | Qualifying record | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
1984 | Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 17 | −12 | ||||||||
1987 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | |||||||||
1989 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | |||||||||
1991 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | |||||||||
1993 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | −9 | |||||||||
1995 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | |||||||||
1997 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 24 | −22 | |||||||||
2001 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 21 | −13 | |||||||||
2005 | Semi-finals | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 7 | +9 | |
2009 | Quarter-finals | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Qualified as host | |||||||
2013 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 4 | +18 | |
2017 | Did not qualify | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 12 | +5 | ||||||||
2022 | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 2 | +22 | |
Total | 4/13 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 27 | −15 | 84 | 31 | 19 | 34 | 119 | 129 | −10 |
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